In an odd bit of network news, The CW nixed a lesbian kiss planned between Veronica Mars guest-star Patty Hearst and actress Keri Pratt. Hearst, playing a trustee to the fictional Hearst College on Tuesday night's Mars episode, didn't get to lock lips with her lady love due to an intervention on the part of the suits. Reporting to the New York Daily News, Hearst said, "I meet Keri and I'm like, 'Hello.' We didn't know until we were on the set we couldn't actually kiss. We were all set for that."This is just weird. Didn't The CW get the memo that lesbians kissing in primetime are hot? It's gay men kissing that are supposed to get the patriarchy all nervous. I guess when they figured out that it was the 52 year-old, Symbionese Liberation Army kidnap victim Hearst getting down Sappho-style and not uber-hot Kristin Bell they freaked. It just doesn't have the same sweeps promo potential as "Veronica macks on Mac."
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11-23-2006 @ 2:41PM
Kevin M. said...
Wait, wait. You mean CW thinks Christians are watching? Those Christians watch some terrible shit, but not the CW.
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11-23-2006 @ 4:57PM
Tucker said...
Kevin - SOMEBODY's got to keep watching 7th Heaven, though.... right?
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11-23-2006 @ 5:13PM
David4 said...
Isn't One Tree Hill just a lesbian fest? I don't get this.
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11-23-2006 @ 7:30PM
TomB said...
Men kissing men and women kissing women shouldn't be such a big deal. I mean it's just a kiss. It's not like they're rolling around in bed or something.
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11-23-2006 @ 9:41PM
Tina said...
Doesn't change your point at all, but Patty Hearst is actually 52 years old.
Interesting quote from Hearst; apparently she was looking forward to the scene. The resolution of that subplot did seem a bit rushed and confusingly resolved, and I guess this explains it.
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